Asian and Asian American Studies - A.A. Degree
The Asian and Asian American Studies Program includes courses concentrating on Asia as well as courses concerning Asian peoples and Asian Americans in the Americas. Historical, sociological, psychological and aesthetic perspectives are used in these courses in order to provide a broad understanding of this diverse area of the world and the dynamic peoples who live there and trace their ancestry to that region. The major emphasizes the disaggregation of the Asian American experience, focusing not only on East Asians, but also Central Asians, South Asians, and Southeast Asians, as well as Pacific Islanders. Courses feature a comparative methodology, exploring Asian and Asian American phenomena